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Calamaria grabowskyi FISCHER, 1885

IUCN Red List - Calamaria grabowskyi - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaColubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCalamaria grabowskyi FISCHER 1885
Calamaria baluensis BOULENGER 1893: 524
Calamaria moultoni DUNN 1923: 3
Calamaria grabowskyi — INGER & MARX 1965: 129
Calamaria baluensis — MANTHEY 1983
Calamaria grabowskyi — MANTHEY 1983
Calamaria grabowskyi — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 328
Calamaria grabowskyi — INGER & VORIS 2001
Calamaria grabowskyi — GOWER et al. 2012: 137
Calamaria grabowskyi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 137 
DistributionMalaysia (Borneo)

Type locality: Telang and Tameanglaijang; Dusson Timor District, SE Borneo.

moultoni: Type locality: “Long Mujan”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1946.1.5.25-26 (86.5.15.13-14)
Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.2.23 (93.5.30.11) [baluensis]
Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.2.1 (1922.11.24.4) [moultoni] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Maxillary teeth modified; third and fourth supralabials entering orbit; preocular present; mental touching anterior chin shields; paraparietal surrounded by 5 scales and shields; reduction to 4 dorsal scale rows separated from terminal scute by 12 or more subcaudals; subcaudals 20 or more; ventrals of males 150 or more, of females usually 170 or more (Inger & Marx 1965: 130).


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CommentSynonymy: Smith (1931) compared the types of moultoni, baluensis, and grabowskyi and concluded that they belonged to a single species, which was supported by Inger & Marx 1965. 
EtymologyNamed after Friederich J. Grabowsky (1857-1929), German zoologist and botanist. He became Director, Zoological Gardens, Breslau, and Inspector, Brunswick Zoological Institute. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Description of new reptiles and batrachians obtained in Borneo by Mr. C. Hose and Mr. A. Everett. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1893: 522-528 - get paper here
  • Das, I. 2012. A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of South-East Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali. Oxford J, ohn Beaufoy Publishing - get paper here
  • Dunn, E.R. 1923. On a collection of reptiles from Sarawak. J. Malay. Br. Roy. As. Soc., Singapore, 1: 1-4.
  • Fischer, J. G. 1885. Über eine Kollektion von Amphibien und Reptilien aus Südost Borneo. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 51: 41-72 - get paper here
  • Gower, D.; Garrett, K. & Stafford, P. 2012. Snakes. Firefly Books, Buffalo, NY,<br />144 p..
  • Grismer, L. L., H. Kaiser & N. S. Yaakob 2004. A new species of Reed Snake of the genus Calamaria H. Boie, 1827, from Pulau Tioman, Pahang, West Malaysia. Hamadryad 28 (1&2): 1-6 - get paper here
  • Inger, R.F. & Voris, H. K. 2001. The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland. Journal of Biogeography 28: 863-891
  • Malkmus, R.; Manthey, U.; Vogel, G. Hoffmann, P. & Kosuch, J. 2002. Amphibians and reptiles of Mount Kinabalu (North Borneo). A.R.G. Ganther Verlag, Rugell, 404 pp.
  • Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. (ISBN 3-931587-12-6) - get paper here
  • Manthey,U. 1983. Exkursion am Mt. Kinabalu (4101 m), Nordborneo, Teil 3: Checkliste der Herpetofauna oberhalb 600 m ü. NN. Herpetofauna 5 (23): 20-31 - get paper here
  • Marx, H. & R. F. INGER 1955. Notes on the snakes of the genus Calamaria. Fieldiana: Zoology 37: 167 - 209 - get paper here
  • Murphy, J. C.; Voris, H. K.; Karns, D. R. 1994. A field guide and key to the snakes of the Danum Valley, A bornean tropical rainforest ecosystem. Bull. Chicago Herp. Soc. 29: 133-151
  • Stuebing, R.B., Inger, R.F. & Lardner, B. 2014. A field guide to the snakes of Borneo, second edition. Natural history Publications (Borneo)
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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